# Patch Adams says a Very Stupid Thing **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 20, 2002, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917 "2002-05-20T07:54:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/41 "2002-05-21T14:00:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > \*\*Has anyone tried eating really good grapes with gruyere? Yum! > > Or toasted bread, rubbed with garlic cloves, drizzled with olive oil and melted gorgonzola cheese on top? Yum! > \*\* Fuck comparing Hitler and Bush, is Fenris worse than Hoe? Hoe is just a pissant spouting racist nonsense and as such is very easy to ignore. Fenris on the other hand posts vicious, teasing comments describing delicious food combinations on a day when I’ve had to skip lunch and breakfast, and have at least four hours till I can get something to eat. Bastard. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/42 "2002-05-21T14:31:08Z")
I had a fantastic sandwich at this little out-of-the-way spot Sunday. Goat cheese and pear slices on warm focaccia, with peasant garlic soup. DEE-lish. And please don’t discourage Hoe. I’ve not had this much fun reading trollery in quite a while. Wonderfully sullen, misinformed, combative, and incoherent. This guy’s like a fine wine, I’m telling you! ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/43 "2002-05-21T14:32:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tomndebb \* > You are not going to get a coherent discussion from it, so keep that in mind if you choose to engage it in “debate.” I know…I know…that’s why I only addressed that post in a sarcastic, amused way to begin with. I honestly expected **Hoe** to come back and say “GOTCHA! I was just playin’. Ha ha! I’m not REALLY the dumbest motherfucker on the boards!” Alas, he really was serious. I think. [sub]I know we’re not supposed to give them scraps, but the trolls are SO funny and silly, especially when they start flinging their own shit…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/44 "2002-05-21T14:46:00Z")
Actually, the best cheese-fruit combo is feta cheese - preferably Bulgarian - and well-chilled chunks of watermelon. If you can wash it down with ouzo and ice water, even better. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/45 "2002-05-21T14:55:04Z")
You’re all going to hell! Hell, you hear me, hell! I wonder if there’s anything edible in the stationary cupboard? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/46 "2002-05-21T14:56:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\*2+2=5! > \*\* [Does 2 + 2 = 5 for very large values of 2?](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/m2_2_5.html) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/47 "2002-05-21T14:56:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*America invented cars? Hey, I’ll be the last one to get in the way of a well-deserved ass-kicking, but I gotta say mr. Karl Benz is probably spinning in his grave right now. > > So, I guess since the car is a German invention, **Hoe** will now come up with a theory of how Hitler (1889 - 1945) has influenced the invention of the automobile (1885). 😉 \*\* :rolleyes: Of COURSE America invented cars. We also invented beer, built the Pyramids, and conquered the common cold. Get yer frozen head outta yer frozen butt and wake up and smell the coffee (which America discovered). I dunno how long it takes for info to filter up to Ultima Thule or wherever you live, but this is _old_ news, clog-boy. Fenris Ps: We also invented Hitler and Hoe. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/48 "2002-05-21T14:58:14Z")
Now, I must simply disagree. there is no way that the word ‘best’ and ‘feta’ belong in the same sentence. Garcon! more wine! ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/49 "2002-05-21T15:03:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gary Kumquat \* > \*\* > Fenris on the other hand posts vicious, teasing comments describing delicious food combinations on a day when I’ve had to skip lunch and breakfast, and have at least four hours till I can get something to eat. Bastard. \*\* **Gary** , if your country had a _normal_ timezone (America invented time-zones!) instead of the Godless Socialist one that you’re in, you’d just be ready for breakfast _right now!_ and thus, wouldn’t be hungry. Don’t blame me for the fact that you’re not getting up in the middle of the night to start your day. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/50 "2002-05-21T15:08:34Z")
Well, fine, but remember: us Yurpeeyuns invented America to begin with. Cause when we went there, there was, like, nothing substantial to be found. And then we introduced civilization and culture and shit. And now the Americans are all grown up, and think their parents are soooo silly. Pshaw. Ungrateful little bastards. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/51 "2002-05-21T15:19:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*Well, fine, but remember: us Yurpeeyuns invented America to begin with. \*\* Liar. America invented _itself_ as a result of an accident with a sperm bank and a time machine. (America invented banks and time-machines. Or will have invented time-machines) Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/52 "2002-05-21T15:22:16Z")
America _did_ invent time machines, but it should be stressed that Lee Iaccoca was of European descent. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/53 "2002-05-21T15:44:37Z")
More importantly, we know that the Dutch, specifically, were responsible for New York, and we all know how well _that_ turned out. **Coldfire** , I insist that you, personally, come back over here and fix it. Right now. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/54 "2002-05-21T16:13:35Z")
And we all know that “Dutch treat” _ **is not really a treat at all!!!** _ ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/55 "2002-05-21T16:17:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wring \* > Now, I must simply disagree. \*\*there is no way that the word ‘best’ and ‘feta’ belong in the same sentence. \*\* (bolding mine) :eek: :GASP: Well, I NEVER! Them’s fightin’ words, wring. You wanna piece o’ me? Is is go-time? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/56 "2002-05-21T16:52:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Exgineer \* > **More importantly, we know that the Dutch, specifically, were responsible for New York, and we all know how well _that_ turned out.** Hey, hey, HEY! We founded _Nieuw Amsterdam_, OK? It wasn’t until those crazy Limeys [sub]errrrrr[/sub] forced, yes, **brutally forced** [sub]yup, that’s the ticket![/sub] us to accept Suriname and twelve slightly aged geese as a fair trade for _Nieuw Amsterdam_, upon which the aforementioned cowardly Limeys renamed the fair city to _New York_, after some backward ugly town in Yorkshire. I mean, it’s not like it’s got the second biggest cathedral in Europe or something [sub]oh, fuck, it _does_![/sub], and besides, the English smell funny. So, it all goes to show [sub]in the most coherent manner thinkable[/sub], don’t blame the Dutch for everything. Although in retrospect, the whole slave trading thing seems a tad over the top. But the Portuguese started it! ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/57 "2002-05-21T17:21:36Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Hoe \* > \*\* He is part of the blind flag wafing populance._\* No one said anything about it, and I’m usually not one to make fun of anyone elses inability to spell ((being horrible at all things grammatical myself)), but… “blind flag wafing populance” …has got to be one of the funniest things I’ve ever read. Thanks Hoe. 😉 Carry on then. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/58 "2002-05-21T17:51:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sidle \* > \*\* > > (bolding mine) > > :eek: > :GASP: > Well, I NEVER! > Them’s fightin’ words, wring. You wanna piece o’ me? > Is is go-time? \*\* as long as the piece of you isn’t feta, it’ll be gouda enough. Cheesy kind of challenge, though, I note you’re already blue in the face. You’ll swiss you’d done it differently, if not cheddar. I’m not fondue of the feta at all, nor any of the goats varieties. I’d rather edam montery jack if you muenster know. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/59 "2002-05-21T17:54:10Z")
**Wring** : Your whey-out argument is just silly. Why, I bet it’ll collapse like a house of curds. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917/60 "2002-05-21T18:08:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > \*\ ***Wring** : Your whey-out argument is just silly. Why, I bet it’ll collapse like a house of curds. \*\* Gruyere :mad: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patch-adams-says-a-very-stupid-thing/109917.md?page=4)